Section 14. Meetings. The commission shall hold regular
meetings in the city at 8 o'clock P.M. on the first Wednesday
of each month and on the second Thursday thereafter unless
otherwise designated by the commission. If a meeting date
falls on a legal holiday, then it shall be held on the following
day. It shall adopt rules for the government of its members and
proceedings. The mayor upon his own motion may, or at the
request of three members of the commission shall, by giving
notice thereof to all members of the commission then in the
city, call a special meeting of the commission for a time not
earlier than three nor later than 48 hours after the notice is
given. Special meetings of the commission may also be held
at any time by the common consent of all the members of the
commission.
Section 15. Quorum. A majority of members of the
commission shall constitute a quorum for its business, but a
smaller number may meet and compel the attendance of
absent members in a manner provided by ordinance.
Section 16. Record of Proceedings. The commission shall
cause a record of its proceedings to be kept. The ayes and
nays upon any question before it shall be taken and entered in
the record.
Section 17. Proceedings to Be Public. No action by the
commission shall have legal effect unless the motion for the
action and the vote by which it is disposed of take place at
proceedings open to the public.
Section 18. Mayor's Functions at Commission Meetings. The
mayor shall be chairman of the commission and preside over
its deliberations. He shall have a vote on all questions before it.
He shall have authority to preserve order, enforce the rules of
the commission, and determine the order of business under
the rules of the commission.
Section 19. Vote Required. Except as this charter otherwise
provides, the concurrence of a majority of the members of the
commission present at a commission meeting shall be
necessary to decide any question before the commission.
